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Monday, April 19, 2010

Remembering Oklahoma City

It's been 15 years since a twisted little man bombed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, ripping 168 souls from this life and wounding 680 more. Of the 168 murdered, 19 were children under the age of 6.

Today, we remember the innocent victims of this atrocity.

We also give thanks for the brave policemen, firefighters, and medical personnel who responded to the unthinkable.

The picture reminds me of the Michael Yon shot of an American soldier cradling the blood-soaked body of a small child after the roadside bombing that killed many children who had run to greet the army patrol.

The same kind of illness on the part of the perpetrators, and the same sorrow on the face of the man who was unable to prevent it.